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• Cub Tracks’ present arms

Photo by Quinn Harris/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs work on their pitching and move a few players for cash. Not Kevin Cash, Dave Cash, or Norm Cash, but filthy lucre. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, grou...2025
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• Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention

Craig Counsell greets Cubs players at the 2024 Cubs Convention | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Most of the 40-man roster plus some alumni favorites will be in attendance. The Cubs Convention begins this Friday at the downtown Sheraton Grand Hotel. Passes are still available and you can get yours here. Here are all the current, past and future Cubs who wi...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who should get the first chance to be the Cubs fifth starter, assuming no other acquisitions. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come in out of the cold. It’s plenty warm in here. Let us check your coat for you. The hostess wil...2025
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• The Rant – Chicago Cubs Podcast: Cubs Toying with Tucker, Steele Agrees to Contract, Alonso Likely Out of Reach
The Cubs have not been able to agree on terms with Kyle Tucker. Is it because they are trying to work out an extension? Or maybe it’s just the Cubs being the Cubs? The good news is that the Cubs have agreed to pay Justin Steele $6.55 million in 2025, a literal steal. Could the … The post The Rant – Chicago Cubs Podcast: Cubs Toying with Tucker, Steele Agrees to Contract, Alonso Likely ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why are the Cubs risking going to arbitration with Kyle Tucker?

Kyle Tucker runs to first base during the 2024 playoffs | Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is a puzzling way to begin a relationship with your best player Welcome to your late week, late night indie coffee shop where the fire is warm and the vibes are stellar. If you’re doing Dry January, we’ve got the mocktail you’ve been craving. If you’re looking for someth...2025
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• Cubs, Kyle Tucker fail to reach agreement before arbitration deadline

Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs and their new outfielder failed to come to an agreement today. Things aren’t off to a great start between the Cubs and newly-acquired outfielder Kyle Tucker. The two sides were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract before tonight’s deadline to exchange arbitration figures, with the Cubs offering $15 million and Tu...2025
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• Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs offer Alex Bregman a pillow?

Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should try to sign Alex Bregman on a short-term deal It’s another Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see all of you here, safe and sound. Please come in and join...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should extend Justin Steele. It’s another night here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you could join us this evening. Please come in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a...2025
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• Is the rotation a divisional strength for the Brewers?

Brewers pitcher Tobias Myers and catcher Gary Sanchez | Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Where do the Brewers stack up against their division foes? The Milwaukee Brewers still have some questions, but what about the rotation? This group looks a lot different than it did a few years ago. If there’s any uncertainty about the lineup being an ...2025
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• Cubs non-tender Mike Tauchman and Nick Madrigal

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The non-tender of Tauchman is a bit of a surprise. Well, this one surprises me: Cubs have non-tendered OF Mike Tauchman and IF Nick Madrigal. LHP Justin Steele, 3B Isaac Parades, RHP Nate Pearson and RHP Eli Morgan have been tendered contracts. Cubs also agreed to terms with RHPs Julian Merryweather and Keegan Thompson and C Matt Thaiss.— Meghan Montemurro (...2024
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• Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Cody Bellinger had three hits and four RBI as the Cubs brought out the bats and dominated the host Phillies. Bryce Harper homered off Justin Steele in the first inning Tuesday, his 30th, and... well, after that, not much from the Phillies. The Cubs offense, meanwhile, pounded out 15 hits and drew four walks and romped over the Phils 10-4. Tanner Banks, normally a rel...2024
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• Pirates 5, Cubs 3: That was one ugly, ugly loss

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Despite a great start from Jameson Taillon, the Cubs’ six-game winning streak came to an end. Let’s get this out of the way first thing. Jameson Taillon had thrown seven outstanding innings, 89 pitches, 61 strikes. Should he have thrown another one? The numbers say no. Taillon has thrown more than 100 pitches once this year, 105 vs. the Cardinals back in ...2024
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• Cubs 3, Blue Jays 2: You keep me hangin’ on

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs made a rainy game interesting in the ninth, but hung on for a win. You can be forgiven for thinking this, because I sure was: When Jorge López was greeted, in his first save opportunity as a Cub, with a home run by Addison Barger, I immediately thought: “Hey, Hector Neris could have done THAT!” But unlike Neris in too many save oppor...2024
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• The Cubs bullpen is still a problem

Adbert Alzolay yells into his glove after blowing his fourth save on Saturday. | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune Who will close for the team? Saturday afternoon, the Cubs were two outs away from winning the second game of their series against the Marlins when Adbert Alzolay fell behind in the count against Bryan De La Cruz before this very unfortunate pitch landed in the left field bleachers [...2024
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"Just for the record, and I’ll post a full article when all the info is out, the Cubs came to terms with Justin Steele and Nate Pearson before Thursday’s deadline."

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"They stranded RISP in the second inning, then Justin Steele made one bad pitch to Masyn Winn with a runner on and the Cardinals led 2-0."

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"Justin Steele will throw the series opener."

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"Justin Steele, who’s been very good lately, will start for the Cubs, and he’ll have to be good, because facing him will be Brewers righthander Brandon Woodruff."

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"Left-hander Justin Steele has been recalled from the alternate training site in his place."

2020
"The Cubs have added three pitchers – right-hander Keegan Thompson and a pair of lefties in Justin Steele and Jack Patterson – to their 60-man player pool, per Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago."

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"Furthermore, drafting Schwarber and signing him to an underslot bonus allowed the team to grab several promising arms in later rounds, including Jake Stinnett, Carson Sands, Justin Steele and Dylan Cease."

• Cub Tracks’ present arms
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• BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
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• BCB After Dark: Why are the Cubs risking going to arbitration with Kyle Tucker?
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• Cubs, Kyle Tucker fail to reach agreement before arbitration deadline
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• Cubs avoid arbitration with Justin Steele and Nate Pearson

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images We are still waiting on word about Kyle Tucker and Eli Morgan. Today, Thursday, Jan. 9, was the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to come to contract agreements for 2025 or the players would head to an arbitration hearing in the next few weeks. Now, it is certainly possible for players and teams who didn’t agreed to term by the 12 noon...2025
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• Cubs acquire righthander Matt Festa from Rangers

Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs have made a small addition. While we wait for the Cubs’ final arbitration decisions Thursday, the team made a minor deal. The Cubs today acquired right-handed pitcher Matt Festa from the Texas Rangers for cash considerations. To make room on the 40-man roster, infielder Miles Mastrobuoni has been designated for assignment. The ...2025
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• Cubs Avoid Arbitration with Justin Steele, Other Eligible Players
Thursday at noon CT was the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to agree to contract terms for the 2025 season, and many of those deals are being reported this afternoon. If agreements aren’t reached, salary figures will be exchanged after 7pm CT and the “fun” of arbitration begins. As of this initial publication, the … The post Cubs Avoid Arbitration with J...2025
• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs offer Alex Bregman a pillow?
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
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• Cubs non-tender Mike Tauchman and Nick Madrigal
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• Is the rotation a divisional strength for the Brewers?
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images You probably don’t want to remember these, but here we are. There have been other years when I’ve posted a number of blowout losses in this annual recap. In some ways, those are easier to take, a team runs up a huge score against the Cubs but it still counts for only one loss. Other times I’ve filled these with soul-crushing defeats. This time, I’m going...2024
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• Cubs 10, Phillies 4: Cody! Cody! Cody!
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 119

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Justin Steele provided lots of WPA despite not having his best stuff. Hi there! It’s your substitute Heroes and Goats writer again. As noted last week, Thomas Smith is away and will return for the final game of the Blue Jays series next weekend. In his stead, I’m just going to post the chart for the game, the three heroes and three goats, and the Player...2024
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• Cubs 3, White Sox 1: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs went to the South Side of Chicago and did what they needed to do. The Cubs defeated the White Sox 3-1 Saturday night. It wasn’t pretty much of the time, but the team did what they came for in this series — a sweep, and thus a sweep of the season series against their crosstown rivals for the first time since 2013. The Sox scor...2024
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• The Cubs have lost 33 percent of their Quality Starts this season

Justin Steele exits a game against the Giants at Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Winning even half of those games would have this team in a very different position in the standings It’s been a frustrating season for Cubs fans and Monday’s loss against the Minnesota Twins was a pretty good example. Kyle Hendricks has been a bit of a roller coaster ride in his...2024
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• Cardinals 5, Cubs 4: The complaint department is OPEN

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This space intentionally left blank because otherwise it might have bad words in it. As most of you know, I have been watching Cubs baseball for more than 60 years. In that time I’ve seen a lot of bad baseball and a lot of losing. Most of the time, I can slough off the losses, been there, done that, seen it before. This one pissed me off. The Cubs should ...2024
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• The Cubs bullpen is still a problem
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• Cubs 9, Pirates 5: Keeping the line moving

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The offense has clicked since the Cubs got to PNC Park. It’s safe to say that if the Cubs offense had hit like this in May and June, they’d be solidly in a postseason berth right now. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 9-5 Tuesday evening, and though they are just 5-4 against the Bucs this year, they’ve outscored them 58-46. Let’s begin at the beginning. It...2024
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• Cubs 18, Pirates 8: The offense explodes!

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Now THAT was fun! One day after Cubs hitters struggled to put two runs on the board in Miami, they crushed baseballs for season highs of 21 hits and 18 runs and demolished the Pirates 18-8. Because baseball, of course. Lots to get to in this recap so let’s get right to it. In the first, the Cubs didn’t score, but Ian Happ stole second base, the first o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports An uneven start to the season. I didn’t set out to be a baseball writer. I just kind of fell into it. I was sitting in the same spot that you, the reader, occupied back in 2017 and even before. I loved this space from its creation and was a commenter on a regular basis. When its previous writer rode off into the sunset after the 2016 championship, I was just ...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Monday 9/4, 1:20 CT

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Cubs open an important three-game series against the visitors from San Francisco. Monday notes... CUBS vs. GIANTS HISTORY: The Cubs are seeking their 600th win at home against the Giants. Their first was way back on May 15, 1883, the Giants’ debut season in the National League, when they were known as the Gothams and the Cubs were known as the White ...2023
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• Cubs 6, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports After a devastating grand slam tied things up, the Cubs got to work and came out on top. All’s well that ends well, and the Cubs ended this series well with a 6-4 win over the Tigers, but I’ll ask you the question, and you can vote in the poll. After Jameson Taillon loaded the bases in the sixth inning, then retired the next two hitters, would you have taken...2023
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• Cubs 10, Cardinals 3: Six in a row, along with some extracurricular activity
Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports The first inning of this game was... interesting. The tone for the Cubs’ 10-3 win over the Cardinals Thursday, their sixth straight victory, was set just three batters into the game. The first two hitters, Mike Tauchman and Nico Hoerner, went down quietly. Then this happened [VIDEO]. Ian Happ’s backswing hit Willson Contreras in the mask. Part of the metal m...2023
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• 2023 Cubs midseason grades
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Some things were good for the Cubs before the All-Star break. And some... were not. (If that sounds familiar, I wrote the same words in last year’s midseason grades article.) The Cubs stand seven games out of first place in the N.L. Central at the All-Star break. This still shapes up as a weak division that could be taken with fewer than 90 wins. One th...2023
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• Cubs 6, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out
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• Cubs 10, Red Sox 4: Cody Bellinger is en fuego!
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs brought out the long ball — and a lot more hits — and evened up the series. There is nothing that says more about what the Chicago Cubs should do going forward than what happened in their 10-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday. Cody Bellinger, who has now homered five times in his last six games, hit a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Marcus Strom...2023
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs got another strong team effort and won the series in Pittsburgh. When the Cubs departed for the just-completed seven-game road trip to Detroit and Pittsbugh, my feeling was that they needed to go 5-2 to keep pace with, or improve their position on, other postseason contenders. With Sunday’s well-played 10-1 win over the Pirates, the Cubs did just ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs bats came alive on a really bad weather day at the ol’ ballpark. It rained all morning and afternoon in Chicago, and at Wrigley Field, and I’ll have a bit more to say about that later. Keeping with the spirit of the day, the Cubs rained down hits and home runs and evened up the series against the Braves with an 8-6 victory. The Cubs did not was...2023
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Sweep!

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs just need to keep winning, and good things will follow. Another day, another comeback win for the Chicago Cubs, and they continue to control their own destiny for the postseason. Patrick Wisdom’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Cubs the lead, and they held on for a 4-3 win over the Rockies, sweeping the three-game series. The one-run win moved the ...2023
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• Cubs 6, Braves 4: Takin’ care of business

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs wrapped up a successful homestand by winning a series against the team with the best record in baseball. The Atlanta Braves, who came into Wrigley Field with the best record in baseball, are a very good team. But you know what? So are the Chicago Cubs. After a blowout loss Friday, the Cubs played solid baseball in every way for two days (in the rain, t...2023
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• Cubs 6, Royals 4: A tale of two games

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs appeared to be on their way to an easy win... until they had to hang on for dear life. Drip... drip... drip... That was what today’s 6-4 Cubs win over the Royals felt like, after the Cubs zoomed out to a 6-1 lead after four innings. KC runs scored off just about every Cubs reliever until Adbert Alzolay finally put a stop to that in the ninth inning wit...2023
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• Is the rotation a divisional strength for the Brewers?
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• The 5 worst Cubs games of 2024
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• Athletics 5, Cubs 3: Hey, remember all those bullpen meltdowns?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs got a reminder of the bad old days of May and June in this loss. Justin Steele returned from the injured list Wednesday afternoon on an absolutely gorgeous late summer day. Unfortunately, he appeared pitch-limited and after struggling and loading the bases in the third inning, Steele was lifted after 57 pitches. That made this essentially a bul...2024
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• Cubs 10, Dodgers 4: Michael Busch bites the hand that once fed him

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The former Dodgers prospect had a huge night in his first game at Dodger Stadium as a Cub. Michael Busch, who the Cubs acquired over the winter from the Dodgers for prospects Jackson Ferris and Zyhir Hope, has been in a terrible slump over the last few weeks. Perhaps the desire to show the Dodgers what they gave up helped Busch break out of that. He homered,...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Shōta time

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The Cubs are .500 after a fine pitching performance and a few unfortunate bounces. The bullpen was spotless. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...2024
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Hope springs eternal! Welcome back for the 10th season of Heroes and Goats. I can remember back to 2014 when Al Yellon asked the Bleed Cubbie Blue faithful if any of them had ideas for new features. Me? I wouldn’t describe myself as particularly creative. But I well remember when Russ La Croix conceived Heroes and Goats. I was from the beginning a fan o...2023
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